Nichol Olsen: murder-suicide investigation Part 4.

Montez confirmed his family asked that Alexa’s belongings be returned. But he initially thought the three families would be escorted by the sheriff’s office to Wheeler’s house in the gated Anaqua Springs Ranch subdivision and that friends who had been to the residence previously would go inside to retrieve Olsen’s and the children’s possessions. . NEWS // CRIME AND COURTS PEGGY O'HARE,FARES SABAWI FBI joins investigation into fatal triple shooting in luxury San...

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Huntzinger said she could not allow the families access to Wheeler’s residence.

“Obviously, there was no purpose in having anybody come to that home for their own voyeuristic reasons,” she said.

She bristled at the criticism of their efforts to satisfy the families’ wishes.

“I suggest that perhaps their grief and hostility need to be channeled differently,” Huntzinger said.

She added the Wheeler family is afraid for their safety because of outrage on social media about the case, including postings that revealed their phone numbers and home addresses.

“They feel threatened,” she said. “They’re having to circle around each other and protect themselves from what’s going on in the outside world that doesn’t know — or doesn’t want to believe — what truly happened in that home.”

Wheeler did not respond to a call and an email from the Express-News seeking comment.

Salazar previously said the sheriff’s office is waiting on the results of gunshot residue tests, ballistics tests, DNA tests, toxicology reports, cellphone records, data from cellphone towers showing the whereabouts of people’s cellphones and GPS records showing vehicles’ locations around the time of the shootings.

The FBI joined the investigation last week at Salazar’s request.

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Olsen and her daughters were found in close proximity to each other on the second floor of Wheeler’s house, which spans 4,500 square feet and is appraised at almost $1 million. A handgun was found near Olsen’s body, Salazar has said.

Olsen and Alexa were each shot once in the head, while London, a fifth grader at Leon Springs Elementary School, had been shot once in the head and neck, according to autopsies performed by the medical examiner’s office.

For now, Carlos Montez is left only with memories of his 16-year-old daughter and unanswered questions about her death.

He said he opened one box of clothes, found her cheerleading uniform and could look no further.

“That broke my heart the moment I opened that box — because I knew I would never get to see her wear that again,” Montez said, his voice cracking with grief."

Peggy O’Hare is a staff writer in the San Antonio and Bexar County area. Read her on our free site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com. | pohare@express-news.net | Twitter: @Peggy_OHare

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